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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 407
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1000 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 
  NORTHEASTERN IOWA
  SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA
  WESTERN WISCONSIN

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 1000 PM
  UNTIL 400 AM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
  SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS TO 80
    MPH POSSIBLE
  ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
  A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE

SUMMARY...SEVERE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PROCEED SOUTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE WATCH AREA ON EITHER SIDE OF A WELL-DEFINED
FRONT...OFFERING MAINLY DAMAGING GUSTS.  SEE SPC MESOSCALE
DISCUSSION 1385 FOR METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 85
STATUTE MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST
OF MINNEAPOLIS MINNESOTA TO 50 MILES SOUTH OF LA CROSSE
WISCONSIN.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE
ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY
DO PRODUCE TORNADOES.

&&

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REPLACES
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 406. WATCH NUMBER 406 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT
AFTER 1000 PM CDT. CONTINUE...WW 405...

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT
TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 70
KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM
MOTION VECTOR 32035.


...EDWARDS